Triple

T256512
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Staten Island E5447 entity
Predicate ferryTerminal P1297 FINISHED
Object Whitehall Terminal
Whitehall Terminal is the Manhattan ferry terminal that serves as the primary departure and arrival point for the Staten Island Ferry across New York Harbor.
E36517 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Whitehall Terminal | Statement: [Staten Island, ferryTerminal, Whitehall Terminal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitehall Terminal
Context triple: [Staten Island, ferryTerminal, Whitehall Terminal]
  • A. Whitehall
    Whitehall is the central London district that serves as the administrative heart of the United Kingdom, housing many key government departments and ministries.
  • B. Grand Central Terminal
    Grand Central Terminal is a historic Beaux-Arts railway station and iconic transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its grand architecture and celestial main concourse ceiling.
  • C. North Station
    North Station is a major transportation hub in Boston, Massachusetts, serving as a key commuter rail, subway, and intercity bus terminal integrated with the TD Garden arena.
  • D. Herald Square
    Herald Square is a bustling commercial and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, best known for its flagship Macy’s department store and as a focal point of New York City’s retail and holiday festivities.
  • E. Penn Station (New York City)
    Penn Station (New York City) is a major underground railroad station and one of the busiest transportation hubs in the United States, serving Amtrak, commuter rail, and subway lines in Midtown Manhattan.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Whitehall Terminal
Triple: [Staten Island, ferryTerminal, Whitehall Terminal]
Generated description
Whitehall Terminal is the Manhattan ferry terminal that serves as the primary departure and arrival point for the Staten Island Ferry across New York Harbor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitehall Terminal
Target entity description: Whitehall Terminal is the Manhattan ferry terminal that serves as the primary departure and arrival point for the Staten Island Ferry across New York Harbor.
  • A. Whitehall
    Whitehall is the central London district that serves as the administrative heart of the United Kingdom, housing many key government departments and ministries.
  • B. Grand Central Terminal
    Grand Central Terminal is a historic Beaux-Arts railway station and iconic transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its grand architecture and celestial main concourse ceiling.
  • C. North Station
    North Station is a major transportation hub in Boston, Massachusetts, serving as a key commuter rail, subway, and intercity bus terminal integrated with the TD Garden arena.
  • D. Herald Square
    Herald Square is a bustling commercial and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, best known for its flagship Macy’s department store and as a focal point of New York City’s retail and holiday festivities.
  • E. Penn Station (New York City)
    Penn Station (New York City) is a major underground railroad station and one of the busiest transportation hubs in the United States, serving Amtrak, commuter rail, and subway lines in Midtown Manhattan.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a260cfb4cc81909771b2d496b84726 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3949e1e2c819092c702b1fa1cb46c completed March 1, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3986c9b648190a1c30de3b0b52da6 completed March 1, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a398c6b6588190a4213b66f07471b2 completed March 1, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.